First-quarter net earnings at Quaker Oats Co. jumped 28...

October 23, 1991

First-quarter net earnings at Quaker Oats Co. jumped 28 percent, to $42.4 million, or 54 cents a share, from $33.2 million, or 42 cents a share, a year earlier. The latest results included a pretax provision of $8.5 million, or 7 cents a share, for the expected costs of a recall of certain Van Camp`s and Wolf Brand products announced earlier this month. Sales rose 2 percent, to $1.36 billion from $1.33 billion.